GATINEAU – 9(1)(h), the gift that keeps on giving.
An application filed with the CRTC last week says so and the applicant wants his service to be carried on Sirius XM through mandatory carriage .
The applicant, Evan Kosiner, also made an application during the last must-carry proceeding where OMNI re-won the licence for a must-carry Multicultural Described Video Guide (MDVG). This time, he is proposing, “a barker licence type, on the SiriusXM Platform, for an audio-based radio guide for the visually impaired, entitled as Visually Impaired Listing Service (‘VILS’).”
This service would allow visually impaired…
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NORTH BAY – Canada’s first annual Rural & Remote Broadband Conference has announced additional rural community influencers who will address conference attendees on November 12-14.
Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson, chair of the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA) will tell delegates why he believes broadband should be considered an essential service, an idea for which he made headlines.
The first Q&A session will be led by Melanie Pilon, Dubreuilville Ontario’s economic development officer. She is also co-chair of the Northeastern Superior Region Broadband Network (NSRBN) – a group of five First Nations and five municipalities who have come…
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KELOWNA – Another successful CCSA Connect conference is in the books as about 200 folks from member companies, tech vendors and programmers made their way to Kelowna for a few days of learning, celebrating and fun.
Marketing maven Scott Stratten got Tuesday off to an entertaining, and relevant, start reminding delegates that everything (everything) they or their employees, or contractors do affects their brand and in these days of social media, doing good, or bad, by customers can spread quickly, “but bad travels farther, faster,” he explained.
Stratten also noted the paradox of the complaint call –…
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Party would cap wireless prices, too
By Christopher Guly
OTTAWA – Were she to become Canada’s next prime minister, Green Party leader Elizabeth May told Cartt.ca she would “take on Facebook and Google because they’re a threat to Canadian journalism and are sucking out revenues.”
“They’re calling themselves platforms and not wanting to be called publishers, but clearly they’re publishing,” she added.
As part of its 2019 election platform unveiled on Monday, the Greens would reform Canadian anti-trust laws “to enable the break-up of media conglomerates,” and “close the loophole that exempts social media platforms from collecting taxes on…
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PRINCE RUPERT — CityWest announced today its new Quantum Gigabit service, its fastest Internet package to date, which is four times faster than its current offering. CityWest made the announcement at a special event hosted by the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce.
“Today, I’m happy to announce that our Internet just got faster,” said Chris Armstrong, director of marketing at CityWest, as quoted in a news release. “A gigabit service is what every Internet service provider strives for, and it’s something we’ve been working on for the last decade.”
With the Quantum Gigabit service, customers will have the ability to…
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QUEBEC — Oricom Internet announced Wednesday it plans to improve its Internet packages for most of its residential customers, and will offer a significant reduction in pricing for many of them as of October 1, in the wake of the CRTC’s recent decision to lower wholesale broadband rates.
In a news release, Oricom Internet said it has recently informed its customers that it would review its residential Internet packages, which will include a price reduction, as a direct result of the CRTC’s decision in August.
“These beneficial changes are directly related to the CRTC’s recent decision to lower the…
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OTTAWA — In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian’s assault of Atlantic Canada earlier this month, which caused widespread telecom service outages throughout the region, the CRTC has a number of questions regarding the steps taken by carriers to restore service and improve network resiliency.
In a letter sent to Bell, Telus, Eastlink and Rogers on September 13, the CRTC requested the carriers provide detailed information regarding the major telecom disruptions their customers experienced as a result of Dorian’s path through Atlantic Canada.
“In recent days, various media outlets have reported on service outages affecting your customers after hurricane Dorian swept…
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TORONTO — Distributel Communications says it plans to substantially increase home Internet speeds for the majority of its customers at no extra cost, as a result of the CRTC’s recent decision to lower wholesale broadband rates.
In a news release Tuesday, Distributel said the CRTC’s decision in August will allow the company to launch competitive new retail pricing for bundled and stand-alone products and services. In addition, Distributel said the CRTC decision directly benefits Canadian consumers and opens the door for the industry to invest, innovate and offer enhanced services at fair prices.
“Distributel is excited to offer Canadian…
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GATINEAU – Bell Canada’s Broadcasting Distribution Undertaking (BDU) licence (for Fibe TV) will expire on February 29, 2020 and the CRTC last week published a notice of consultation making Bell’s application public – as well as the correspondence between Bell and the Commission since Bell filed its application in August 2017.
The CRTC, in that notice, alludes to non-compliance issues they notice in their examination of the issue, especially in terms of providing Community television and local expression.
“The Commission intends to examine Bell Canada’s (Bell’s) compliance of with its regulatory obligations relating to local expression and community programming. The Commission…
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EDMONTON — Super Channel’s parent company, Allarco Entertainment, has officially launched a lawsuit against four major Canadian retailers, claiming the stores were complicit in promoting the downloading and streaming of illegal content on pirate devices sold in their retail outlets.
The four retailers named in the lawsuit are Best Buy, Staples, Canada Computers and London Drugs. The lawsuit was filed in the Federal Court on September 11, and Allarco issued a news release today to publicize the details of its claim against the four retail companies.
Allarco says the lawsuit comes after a 19-month, country-wide undercover investigation of in-store practices by…
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